Lumber-guide.



E. MORRIS.

LUMBER GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED 001?. 2a, 1912.

1,104,735. Patented July 21, 1914,

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E. MORRIS.

LUMBER GUIDE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEBT 2.

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LUMBER-GUIDE.

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Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed 0mm 28, 1912. Serial 116. 723,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDMUND Monms, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLumber-Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the inventlon, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesamef My invention relates to improvements in lumber guides for edginglumber.

In seasoning lumber some of the boards become curved length-wise more orless, and it becomes necessary to straighten the edge of the board whenrip sawing the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable device to guide thelumber, to

properly direct the same to the saw, and to first trim and straightenthe edge of a board before ripping it up into strips.

My invention consists essentially of a ver- 'tically adjustable tablecarrying a horizontally adjustable guide or fence and arranged to engagethe lumber before the same is fed to the saw, and to adjust thelumber inproper alinement so that it will be fed to the saw to properly trim theedge of the board, as will more fully appear by reference to theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention adjustedin operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is afront elevation, illustrating in broken lines the position of the partswhen the device is turned upward and out of use. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail in plan view illustrating the means for adjusting the guide strip7; Fig. 5 an enlarged detail of the adjusting lever and adjacent parts;and Fig. 6 is adetail in elevation illustrating the position of theparts when the table 6 is lowered for ripping the lumber into strips.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents any suitable saw, 2 a saw table, 2 an endless traveling bedto feed the lumber to the saw, 3 the holding down rollers, 4 thereceiving roller at the front of the table and 5 a fence or guide todetermine the width of the strip of lumber to be cut all beingsubstantially as heretofore In use.

My device consists of a narrow table 6 supported with its upper surfacein the plane of the upper surface of the saw table and in alinement withthe bed 2. On this table 6 is mounted an adjustable fence or guide 7which is adjusted by means of pivoted arms 8, after the manner of aparallel ruler movement, toward and away from a line prolonged in thedirection of the cut of the saw. The outer end of one of these arms isprovided with a handle 22 to manually adjust the fence 7 and whenadjusted a latch 23 engages a notched sector 10 to hold the deviceadjusted. The table 6 is carried on arms 11 attached to one edge thereofat one end, and to a rock shaft 12' at the'other end, whereby the tablemay be swung upward about the axis of the rock shaft as occasion mayrequire either entirely out of the way as shown in broken lines in F i3, or downward into operative position, or elow the same as occasionrequires.

f To support the table in operative position the rock shaft is journaledat one end in a suitable post 13, and at the other end in a bearing 14attached to the under side of the table 2. The table 6 is also supportedby a leg 15 hinged thereto near the edge opposite the arms 11 andextending downward tonear the floor. To drop the table and fence belowthe plane of the saw table this leg at the lower end is supported at asuitable distance from the floor when in operative position, by means ofa knuckle joint lever 16 which when properly adjusted for using thetable 6 engages a stop pin 19 in the leg, and

purpose of ripping the lumber the knuckle .joint lever is oppositelymoved against the stop pin 20 which permits the leg 15 to rest on thefloor. The lower end of the lever 16 is slidably connected to the leg bymeans of a pin 18 in the leg traversing a slot 17 in the lever. Y

In operation the table 6 is adjusted with the upper surface in the planeof the surface of the saw table 2 as in Fig. 1, and the fence or guide 7adjusted thereon so that when the edge of a board is placed against thesame, the said board will be directed to the saw to trim the edge of theboard to straighten the same as the board is fed to vwhenthe table 6 isto be lowered for the the sawby the bed 2". The table 6 is then droppedb shifting the lever 16 so that the fence 7 is elow the plane of the sawtable, the lumber can now be cut into strips in the usual way by feedingthe same to the saw guided by the fence 5.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a rip-sawing machine having a table, a lumberguide, comprising a vertically adjustable table, an adjustable fence o'nthe table, and means for adjusting the last named table in the plane ofthe saw table when in use and for swinging the same away from in frontof the saw table when out of use. p

2. In combination with a rip-sawing machine having a table, a lumberguide, comprising a narrow table in advance of the saw table, anadjustable fence on the narrow table, means for adjusting the narrowtable in the plane of the saw tablewhen edging lumber, and means forswinging the narrow table below the plane of the saw table and away fromin front of the same when ripping lumber.

3. In combination with a rip sawing machine having a table, a secondtable arranged in line with the saw table, and in advance of the same,an adjustable fence on the last named table, and means for alternatelyadjusting the said table with its uper surface ,in the plane of theupper surace of the/saw table and with the second table and fence belowthesaid plane.

4. In combination with a rip-sawing machine, a lumber guide, comprisinga rock shaft, arms projecting from the said shaft, a table carried bythe arms, and a leg to support the table when in use, the table, armsand legs being adapted to swing upwardabove the rock shaft when out ofuse.

5. In combination with a rip sawing machine, a narrow table in advanceof the machine, an adjustable fence on the table, pivoted arms attachedto one edge of the table at one end, a rock-shaft supporting the armsand adapted to swing the table upward or downward out of operativeposition, and a leg hinged to the table adapted to support against theunderside of the same when the I table is swung upward or downward.

6. In combination with a rip sawing machine having a saw table, a secondtable in advance of said machine, pivoted arms mounted on a rock-shaftat one end and at-' tached to the second table at the other end tosupport the same,'a leg attached to the second table to support the samebelow the plane of the upper surface of the saw table and adjustingmeans adapted to raise the second table and support the same with itsupper surface in the plane of the upper surface of the saw table.

7. In combination with a rip-sawing ma chine having a table, a secondtable in ad- Vance of the saw table, an adjustable fence on the saidsecond table, pivoted arms attached to one side of the second table atone end and to a rock-shaft at the other end, a leg pivoted to the otherside .of said second table, adjustincr means on said leg to verticallyadjust the same, and stops on the leg to control the movement of saidmeans.

8. In combination with a rip-sawing machine having a table, a secondtable in ad Vance of said saw table, an adjustable fence on the secondtable, a rock shaft parallel with said table, arms on said shaft andattached to one side of the second table, a leg hinged to said secondtable to support the same, means mounted on said leg to verticallyadjust the same, and stops to limit the movement of the said means.

9. In combination with a rip-sawing machine, a rock shaft, arms on thesaid shaft, a narrow table carried by the arms, an adjustable fence onthe table, a leg pivoted to the table, means mounted on the leg tosupport and adjust the same, and stops on the leg to control themovement of the said means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND MORRIS.

Witnesses:

PALMER A. JONES, LUTHER V. MOULTON.

